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Pakistan for promoting peace in Afghanistan: Minister

IRNA

Islamabad, Sept 13, IRNA -- Pakistan said Saturday it will exert 
utmost endeavor to promote peace in Afghanistan and support Afghan 
President Hamed Karzai. 
"We want to see the Karzai government strong and stable as 
stability in Afghanistan is in favor of Pakistan," said Interior 
Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat while talking to newsmen in 
Islamabad. 
Saying that Pakistan has already offered to extend support to 
improve security in that country, Faisal said the Karzai government 
will also have to take solid steps to maintain peace and stability 
within Afghanistan and establish its writ throughout the country. 
According to the minister, Afghan army is in training process and 
a big operation against the terrorists can be only launched through 
joint coordinated efforts of the allies in war against terrorism. 
He also said operations are underway in tribal areas to hunt high 
profile leaders of Al-Qaeda and time is running out for them. 
"Pakistan and Afghanistan have over twenty-five-hundred-kilometer 
long border and it is practically impossible to seal the whole border,
however, we have adopted a strategy to launch operations against 
Al-Qaeda leaders in our tribal areas. 
"We are also taking action against those Taliban elements who are 
involved in militant and terrorist activities and not against those 
taliban who are peace loving," the minister added. 
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